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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 203 11 A RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO PRIVATELY FUND THE CONVERSION OF THE EAST HAWAII REGIONAL SORT STATION RELOAD FACILITY INTO A PRIVATELY OPERATED MATERIAL RECYCLING FACILITY. WHEREAS, in December 2007, the Hawai`i County Council, by Resolution No. 356 -07, adopted the principles of zero waste as a long -term goal for Hawai`i County, recognized the need to engage in public /private projects and programs to encourage the overall sustainability of efforts, and resolved, " ... that through its legislation, policies, and actions that Hawaii County shall embrace and adopt the Zero Waste philosophy of solid waste management and that the Council and the department of environmental management will take necessary steps to incorporate the Zero Waste philosophy into the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan "; and WHEREAS, the December 2009 Integrated Resources Solid Waste Management Plan recommends "re- configuring the East Hawai`i Regional Sort Station Reload Facility to convert it to a MRF while the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill is active "; and WHEREAS, if the East Hawai`i Regional Sort Station (Sort Station) is converted to a Material Recycling Facility (MRF), recyclable and organic material will be diverted out of the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill (SHSL) at increased rates, the amount of residual material for deposit into the SHSL will be minimized, residual material with useful life will be reclaimed, and the useful life of the SHSL will be extended, resulting in millions of dollars of avoided cost for the County, and the delay and /or avoidance of the transportation of materials to the West Hawai`i Sanitary Landfill (WHSL); and WHEREAS, diverting materials from being deposited into the SHSL would substantially extend the remaining capacity of the SHSL beyond the County's current projection of five to eight years, and save millions of dollars in avoided costs to the County; and